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CONSERVATION

16 USC SECTION 7a

	TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
	CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
	     SEASHORES
	SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

	  The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter called the
	''Secretary'') is authorized to plan, acquire, establish,
	construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate,
	and protect airports in the continental United States in, or in
	close proximity to, national parks, national monuments, and
	national recreation areas, when such airports are determined by him
	to be necessary to the proper performance of the functions of the
	Department of the Interior: Provided, That no such airport shall be
	acquired, established, or constructed by the Secretary unless such
	airport is included in the then current revision of the national
	airport plan formulated by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant
	to the provisions of the Federal Airport Act: Provided further,
	That the operation and maintenance of such airports shall be in
	accordance with the standards, rules, or regulations prescribed by
	the Secretary of Transportation.